Americans love football, but they love Sheldon Cooper and Cookie Lyon even more.

After three days of DVR and VOD usage is included, CBS' The Big Bang Theory has jumped ahead of NBC's Sunday Night Football as the most-watched telecast on TV during premiere week. The Big Bang Theory added 4.3 million viewers to its total, leaping 24% to 22.5 million viewers for the week ending September 27–ahead of Sunday Night Football's 22.1 million.

In the adults 18-49 demographic, Fox's Empire averaged an 8.7 rating in the Live+3 ranker, jumping 30% from its initial rating and leaping ahead of Sunday Night Football (8.2 rating).